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Volume 64 
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Page o212  
January 2008  

Received 14 November 2007
Accepted 29 November 2007
Online 6 December 2007

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 293 K
Mean [sigma](C-C) = 0.003 Å
R = 0.057
wR = 0.227
Data-to-parameter ratio = 19.8
Details

2-Methyl-5-(4-tolyl)-7-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine

aNúcleo de Química de Heterociclos (NUQUIMHE), Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Correspondence e-mail: mmartins@base.ufsm.br

In the title compound, C15H12F3N3, the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine system ring is essentially planar with a maximum deviation from the mean plane of 0.014 (1) Å. The 4-tolyl group makes a dihedral angle of 14.1 (1)° with the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine ring system. The crystal packing is stabilized mainly by van der Waals forces.

Related literature

For related pyrazolopyrimidine compounds, see: Wen et al. (2004[Wen, L.-R., Wang, S.-W., Xu, H.-Z., Zhang, X.-L., Li, M. & Liu, J.-H. (2004). Acta Cryst. E60, o1294-o1295.], 2005[Wen, L.-R., Wang, S.-W., Li, M. & Guo, W.-S. (2005). Acta Cryst. E61, o1459-o1460.]); Oliveira-Campos et al. (2006[Oliveira-Campos, A. M. F., Rodrigues, L. M., Kaja, M., Guilardi, S., Franca, E. de F. & Ellena, J. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o5246-o5248.]). For related literature and the synthetic procedure, see: Martins et al. (2004[Martins, M. A. P., Cunico, W., Pereira, C. M. P., Sinhorin, A. P., Flores, A. F. C., Bonacorso, H. G. & Zanatta, N. (2004). Curr. Org. Synth. 1, 391-403 and references therein.], 2006[Martins, M. A. P., Cunico, W., Scapin, E., Emmerich, D. J., Fiss, G. F., Rosa, F. A., Bonacorso, H. B., Zanatta, N. & Flores, A. F. C. (2006). Lett. Org. Chem. 3, 358-362.]). For the pharmacological activity, see: Almanza et al. (2001[Almanza, C., Arriba, F. A., Cavalcanti, F. L., Gómez, L. A., Miralle, A., Merlos, M., Rafanell, J. G. & Forn, J. (2001). J. Med. Chem. 44, 350-361.]); Novinson et al. (1977[Novinson, T., Robins, R. K. & Matthews, T. R. (1977). J. Med. Chem. 20, 296-299.]); George (2001[George, C. F. P. (2001). Lancet, 358, 1623-1626.]).

[Scheme 1]

Experimental

Crystal data
  • C15H12F3N3

  • Mr = 291.28

  • Triclinic, [P \overline 1]

  • a = 4.8715 (2) Å

  • b = 11.2655 (5) Å

  • c = 13.5584 (6) Å

  • [alpha] = 110.225 (3)°

  • [beta] = 96.808 (3)°

  • [gamma] = 99.835 (3)°

  • V = 675.13 (5) Å3

  • Z = 2

  • Mo K[alpha] radiation

  • [mu] = 0.12 mm-1

  • T = 293 (2) K

  • 0.98 × 0.21 × 0.20 mm

Data collection
  • Bruker X8 APEXII diffractometer

  • Absorption correction: multi-scan (XPREP; Bruker, 2006[Bruker (2006). APEX2 (Version 2.1), SAINT (Version 7.34A) and XPREP (Version 2005/4). Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]) Tmin = 0.874, Tmax = 0.977

  • 16787 measured reflections

  • 3757 independent reflections

  • 2200 reflections with I > 2[sigma](I)

  • Rint = 0.040

Refinement
  • R[F2 > 2[sigma](F2)] = 0.057

  • wR(F2) = 0.227

  • S = 1.05

  • 3757 reflections

  • 190 parameters

  • H-atom parameters constrained

  • [Delta][rho]max = 0.40 e Å-3

  • [Delta][rho]min = -0.45 e Å-3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2006[Bruker (2006). APEX2 (Version 2.1), SAINT (Version 7.34A) and XPREP (Version 2005/4). Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); cell refinement: SAINT (Bruker, 2006[Bruker (2006). APEX2 (Version 2.1), SAINT (Version 7.34A) and XPREP (Version 2005/4). Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.]); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997[Sheldrick, G. M. (1997). SHELXL97 and SHELXS97. University of Göttingen, Germany.]); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997[Sheldrick, G. M. (1997). SHELXL97 and SHELXS97. University of Göttingen, Germany.]); molecular graphics: ORTEP-3 (Farrugia, 1997[Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.]); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXL97.


Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: XU2373 ).


Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq/PRONEX) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS) for financial support. The fellowships from CNPq and CAPES are also acknowledged. The diffractometer was funded by a CT-INFRA grant from the Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Brazil.

References

Almanza, C., Arriba, F. A., Cavalcanti, F. L., Gómez, L. A., Miralle, A., Merlos, M., Rafanell, J. G. & Forn, J. (2001). J. Med. Chem. 44, 350-361.  [PubMed]
Bruker (2006). APEX2 (Version 2.1), SAINT (Version 7.34A) and XPREP (Version 2005/4). Bruker AXS Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Farrugia, L. J. (1997). J. Appl. Cryst. 30, 565.  [CrossRef] [details]
George, C. F. P. (2001). Lancet, 358, 1623-1626.  [CrossRef] [PubMed] [ChemPort]
Martins, M. A. P., Cunico, W., Pereira, C. M. P., Sinhorin, A. P., Flores, A. F. C., Bonacorso, H. G. & Zanatta, N. (2004). Curr. Org. Synth. 1, 391-403 and references therein.
Martins, M. A. P., Cunico, W., Scapin, E., Emmerich, D. J., Fiss, G. F., Rosa, F. A., Bonacorso, H. B., Zanatta, N. & Flores, A. F. C. (2006). Lett. Org. Chem. 3, 358-362.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort]
Novinson, T., Robins, R. K. & Matthews, T. R. (1977). J. Med. Chem. 20, 296-299.  [CrossRef] [ChemPort] [PubMed]
Oliveira-Campos, A. M. F., Rodrigues, L. M., Kaja, M., Guilardi, S., Franca, E. de F. & Ellena, J. (2006). Acta Cryst. E62, o5246-o5248.  [CrossRef] [details]
Sheldrick, G. M. (1997). SHELXL97 and SHELXS97. University of Göttingen, Germany.
Wen, L.-R., Wang, S.-W., Li, M. & Guo, W.-S. (2005). Acta Cryst. E61, o1459-o1460.  [CrossRef] [details]
Wen, L.-R., Wang, S.-W., Xu, H.-Z., Zhang, X.-L., Li, M. & Liu, J.-H. (2004). Acta Cryst. E60, o1294-o1295.  [CrossRef] [details]


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